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Rodrigo Werle

Assistant Professor & Extension Cropping Systems Weed Scientist

WiscWeeds Program & Werle Bio

Rodrigo Werle is an Assistant Professor and Extension Cropping Systems Weed Scientist in the Agronomy Department at UW-Madison. His research and extension program (WiscWeeds) focuses on agroecologically-based approaches to address sustainable weed management in (corn, soybeans and small grains) in Wisconsin and beyond. The program also focuses on weed management strategies that can help address herbicide resistance, protect water quality, enhance agroecosystems services and increase food security.

Rodrigo was born in a small farming community of Dutch immigrants in the state of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. His early passion for Agriculture led him to study Agronomy in Brazil and Weed Science at Nebraska, which then brought him and his family to beautiful Wisconsin in 2018.

In 2017 the Xtend soybean technology was completely launched in the United States. We invite stakeholders to take our short survey intended to investigate perceptions on dicamba use in Xtend soybeans in Wisconsin.

At the beginning of July, the weather finally became conducive for POST-emergence herbicide applications in southern Wisconsin, including for dicamba application in Xtend (dicamba-tolerant) soybeans. Typically, injury from micro-rates of dicamba in susceptible crops tends to show at 10-14 days after the incident. We ask Wisconsin stakeholders to provide estimates of dicamba-injured acres to help scientists and decision-makers understand the status of dicamba injury during the 2018 growing season (information will be kept confidential).